By his own admission, despite his new notoriety since the Olympic title acquired a year ago, Antoine Dupont does not box in the same category as planetary stars.
Antoine Dupont has not missed the opportunity to remember sweet memories in recent days. This Sunday was indeed marked the first anniversary of the Olympic title conquered by the Blues of VII, in particular thanks to an feat of the Toulouse scrum half while France and Fiji were still tied.
This Olympic title won with the Blues brought the captain of the XV of France into a new world. The former Castres has indeed become a real icon of French sport and one of the favorite personalities of the French, which earned him a particularly busy schedule despite his serious knee injury last winter.
“Friday, I was in Castelnau to see my family, Saturday at the wedding of a childhood friend, and Monday in Japan with LVMH and Louis Vuitton. I have no trouble moving from one to the other, I need this balance. I appreciate it because it’s episodic. If I was in representation twenty days a month, I would not have any pleasure, he told the Parisian. But I am curious, and I like to discover new things. I try to make France and rugby shine. It’s beautiful, but that doesn’t prevent me from having a normal life. »»
But despite this new notoriety, Antoine Dupont does not consider having reached star status. “I am aware that I have a certain notoriety in France. But the word star means everything and nothing, he said. When you meet next to Jay Z and Beyoncé, you are no longer a star. It is a question of scale. There are sports a thousand times more publicized than rugby, players who have made quarries richer and longer than mine … “
Antoine Dupont nevertheless faces requests from all sides. “There are more requests, and improbable things,” he blown. Yes, there are invitations to weddings, birthdays, signing sessions, etc. We would like to please everyone, but this is not possible. »»
